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resent
[
ri-
zent
]
Origin
re·sent
/
rɪˈzɛnt
/
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[
ri-
zent
]
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verb (used with object)
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
Origin:
1595–1605;
<
French
ressentir
to be angry <
Old French
resentir,
equivalent to
re-
re-
+
sentir
to feel <
Latin
sentīre;
see
sense
Related forms
re·sent·ing·ly,
adverb
re·sent·ive,
adjective
un·re·sent·ed,
adjective
un·re·sent·ing,
adjective
Can be confused:
begrudge
,
regret
,
resent
(see synonym note at
regret
).
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to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
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re·send
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riˈsɛnd
/
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[
ree-
send
]
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verb (used with object),
-sent,
-send·ing.
1.
to
send
again.
2.
to
send
back.
Origin:
1545–55;
re-
+
send
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resent
(rɪˈzɛnt)
—
vb
(
tr
) to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at
[C17: from French
ressentir
, from
re-
+
sentir
to feel, from Latin
sentīre
to perceive; see
sense
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
resent
c.1600, from Fr. ressentir "feel pain, regret," from O.Fr. resentir (13c.), from re-, intensive prefix, + sentir "to feel," from L. sentire (see
sense
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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